Pete C

Henny Youngman's wife Joan Rivers' husband Edgar Phyllis Diller's husband Fang

Georges Simenon Albert Camus Yma Sumac

Yeah, really.

Rusty Staub Busty Russell Jane Russell

With Larry Young's Unity you get 3 of the above-named artists! As well as one of the great '60s Blue Notes. Tranewreck, it took me close to 40 years of jazz listening before I could warm up to Tatum's pyrotechnics, now I love him, so I've been listening to a lot in the past year playing catch-up. Probably my top jazz artist would be Mingus. My first jazz concert was the Mingus show that resulted in Mingus & Friends at Philharmonic Hall, when I was 16. A couple of my favorites not yet mentioned: Mal Waldron, Paul Bley. If any jazz pianist could be called the antithesis of Tatum, Waldron would be a candidate.

River Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix Josquin des Pres

Not sure what forum to post this in. "Millions of MP3s on Sale We're proud to offer you over half a million albums for $4.99 and over ten million tracks for 49¢. Search around the site for your favorites—we promise you’ll find something you like at a great price! Few things in life are more important than music, and, since we launched the music store in the Android Market a few weeks ago, we've sought to connect you with the tunes you love. * Promotion excludes single albums with original retail price above $15, double-albums, and tracks with original retail price above $1.29. Google Music artist hub and Sony albums and tracks are also not included." https://market.android.com/details?id=music_series_overview_theme_2011_11_14&feature=banner# Jazz page: https://market.android.com/music/JAZZ?feature=top-nav

Doc Cheatham Doc Holliday B...B...B...er... Clarence Holliday!

That's a really nice one, somewhat under the radar. The synth player fits in nicely (since he treats it as an instrument, not a "keyboard".)

Me and You and a Dog Named Boo A Boy Named Sue Blue Lou

Great singer and a really nice lady. She was a friend and teacher of a good friend of mine. Lee Wiley was her greatest influence. I saw her a bunch of times, but the best was a Hoagy's Children reunion with Bob Dorough and Dick Sudhalter. As a singer and as a person she was the quintessence of class. Sweet & Slow, 1984 Barbara reminisces about Lee Wiley:

The Emperor of Ice Cream Ben Jerry

Roman Vishniak Roman Polanski Ruth Roman

If it was with Holland I can't imagine it was much later than mid-'80s.

Jenny Diver Sukey Tawdry Lotte Lenya

One of Ellery Eskelin's parents wrote music for those things.

Ralph Waldo Emerson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_heard_%27round_the_world Oliver Lake Betsy Palmer

Pigmeat Markham Judge Reinhold Donald Justice

Stanley Baker Chesney "Chet" Baker Chesley "Sully" Sullivan

It sounds like Blago watched it...

James Booker Booker T. Jones Lloyd Bucher (geez, amazing the names that stick in the back of your mind after 40+ years) oops, beaten by the sngry Gillian Welch Gilbert Grape Stephane Grappelli

Too bad Sam didn't have the benefit of your astute medical advice. Who knows, he might have lived well into his nineties...

Thanks, Tom. I think that was still the basement space. The last time I was at Rivbea (Sunny Murray quartet with David Murray) they had moved operations to the first floor.